Saccone, Isidor crach top five at New England track championships

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Mar 3, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Running in the 26th Annual New England Interscholastic Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center on Saturday, New Bedford's Melissa Isidor and Old Rochester's Ally Saccone each performed well.

STAFF REPORT

Running in the 26th Annual New England Interscholastic Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center on Saturday, New Bedford's Melissa Isidor and Old Rochester's Ally Saccone each performed well.

Both Isidor and Saccone ran in the 55 hurdles and they placed third and fourth, with Isidor finishing third with a time of 8.22 and Saccone earning fourth at 8.40.

For Isidor, the 8.22 was a career-best and was just .01 seconds slower than the New Bedford school record. She also competed in the long jump but didn't place.

"You could definitely say Southeastern Mass was well represented in the hurdles today with how Melissa and Ally performed," New Bedford coach Isaiah Houtman said. "(Melissa) didn't win but the goal was for her to do her best and that's what she did. She ran the fastest she ever ran in four years so you have to be pleased with a performance like that."

Saccone ran a 8.37 time in the semifinals but landed wrong on one of her hurdles jumps, causing her to break stride and slowing her time down a bit in her finals run, according to coach Cindy Tilden.

"We are very happy with how Ally ran today," Tilden said. "A fourth-place finish in the New England Regionals is a very good accomplishment."

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